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Tuesday, February 25, 2014

Audra McDonald coming back to Broadway as Lady Day by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- Audra McDonald will return to Broadway this spring as Billie Holiday....

SOURCE: Associated Press at 01:02PM

Elaine Stritch returns to really 'tell the truth' by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- Elaine Stritch just loves the documentary about her. Adores it, actually. There's just one thing she'd change....

SOURCE: Associated Press at 08:17AM
Monday, February 24, 2014

Backers of 'Allegiance' embrace innovation by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- Most theater producers with a new work heading for Broadway first secure a theater and gather a cast before trying to fire up an audience. By that measure, the man behin…

SOURCE: Associated Press at 07:17AM
Thursday, February 20, 2014

Review: Score soars in 'Bridges of Madison County' by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- The Iowa featured in the new musical "The Bridges of Madison County" is flat indeed but, oh boy, the voices soar....

SOURCE: Associated Press at 10:02PM

Michael Urie to take 'Buyer & Cellar' on tour by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- Michael Urie is finally getting out of the cellar - and hitting the road....

SOURCE: Associated Press at 10:27AM
Wednesday, February 19, 2014

Vanessa Williams eyes Broadway's 'After Midnight' by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- Vanessa Williams wants to stay up after midnight....

SOURCE: Associated Press at 04:51PM

Robert Lopez on upcoming Oscars, TEDx talk by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- He's got Tonys and a Grammy. Now songwriter Robert Lopez is a little stunned that he might soon take home an Oscar....

SOURCE: Associated Press at 07:10AM
Tuesday, February 18, 2014

Kelli O'Hara steps out of her 'comfort zone' by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- Kelli O'Hara is back in the same theater where she made her Broadway debut in 2000. The name on it has changed - from the Plymouth Theatre to the Gerald Schoenfeld Theat…

SOURCE: Associated Press at 07:38AM
Wednesday, February 12, 2014

Westminster's top dog heads to 'Kinky Boots' by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- There are plenty of divas onstage at Broadway's "Kinky Boots" - and a special four-legged kind plans on joining them soon....

SOURCE: Associated Press at 06:20PM

Lea Salonga joins Il Divo on spring US tour by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- The four guys from Il Divo will get some help from a Broadway veteran as they tour this spring singing musical theater hits - Lea Salonga....

SOURCE: Associated Press at 01:06PM
Tuesday, February 11, 2014

Hugh Jackman will host the Tony Awards again by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- Neil Patrick Harris has given way to Hugh Jackman at the Tony Awards....

SOURCE: Associated Press at 02:50PM

Andrea Martin to star in 'Noises Off' on Broadway by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- Fresh off her success in "Pippin," Andrea Martin is stacking up the work....

SOURCE: Associated Press at 01:12PM

Maggie Gyllenhaal to make Broadway debut this year by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- Maggie Gyllenhaal will make her Broadway debut this fall opposite Ewan McGregor in "The Real Thing."...

SOURCE: Associated Press at 12:30PM
Thursday, February 6, 2014

Review: 'Bronx Bombers' adoringly looks at Yanks by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- The first sign a major knuckleball is coming in the baseball play "Bronx Bombers" is when the smoke machines crank up....

SOURCE: Associated Press at 09:04PM

National tour planned for 'Matilda the Musical' by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- Those naughty kids from "Matilda the Musical" are hitting the road....

SOURCE: Associated Press at 02:19PM
Wednesday, February 5, 2014

NY theater community mourns Philip Seymour Hoffman by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- The New York theater community mourned Philip Seymour Hoffman on Wednesday night with candles flickering outside a small downtown theater and with Broadway's mighty marq…

SOURCE: Associated Press at 09:18PM

In New York, snow, slush, delays and Rockettes by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- Commuters at the busiest train station in the nation on Wednesday had to factor in snow, sleet, slush - and high-kicking Rockettes....

SOURCE: Associated Press at 04:51PM
Monday, February 3, 2014

Super Bowl turns into a bust for Broadway by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- Super Bowl week turned into mostly a super bust for Broadway....

SOURCE: Associated Press at 04:24PM

Broadway marquees to dim to honor Hoffman by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- Broadway theaters will dim their marquee lights Wednesday night in memory of Philip Seymour Hoffman, the movie and theater star who earned three Tony Award nominations..…

SOURCE: Associated Press at 01:32PM

Fran Drescher feels Broadway `butterflies' by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- Fran Drescher recently turned a corner in her life. She's gotten a new pet, a new man and a new job - on Broadway....

SOURCE: Associated Press at 09:03AM
Thursday, January 30, 2014

'Back to the Future' musical planned for London by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- Director Robert Zemeckis is literally going back into the past for his next project - a stage musical of "Back to the Future."...

SOURCE: Associated Press at 08:49PM

One Broadway show really hopes to rock Super Bowl by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- On Super Bowl Sunday, there will be a group of people sweating out in the cold in front of millions, doing what they do best. And that group is, of course, the Broadway …

SOURCE: Associated Press at 09:30AM
Monday, January 27, 2014

Holocaust play 'The Soap Myth' goes digital by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- In the spring of 2012, as the off-Broadway run of the Holocaust play "The Soap Myth" was winding down, its director wasn't ready to let go....

SOURCE: Associated Press at 02:28AM
Friday, January 24, 2014

Sheldon Harnick revisits the past, offers new work by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- Sheldon Harnick has been hard at work on something new, something old, something very old and something fixed....

SOURCE: Associated Press at 10:00AM
Thursday, January 23, 2014

Bradley Cooper coming to Broadway this fall by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- Bradley Cooper, not too long ago crowned "sexiest man alive" by People magazine, is coming to Broadway in an ugly role....

SOURCE: Associated Press at 06:11PM

Joshua Henry, Colin Donnell to join Sutton Foster by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- Sutton Foster will get some help for her next trip on Broadway from Joshua Henry and Colin Donnell....

SOURCE: Associated Press at 11:58AM

Jessie Mueller met Carole King once. That enough? by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- The meeting between the two women was brief but full of emotion. It was a surprise for one. For the other, it was carefully orchestrated....

SOURCE: Associated Press at 09:09AM
Wednesday, January 22, 2014

New 'Threepenny Opera' to star Osnes, Abraham by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- While the provocative musical "The Threepenny Opera" celebrates lowlifes, the upcoming production by the Atlantic Theater Company will star some acting royalty - Tony Aw…

SOURCE: Associated Press at 12:53PM
Tuesday, January 21, 2014

David Byrne's 'Here Lies Love' heads back to NYC by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- David Byrne's splashy disco musical "Here Lies Love" is coming back to the Public Theater - but with a twist....

SOURCE: Associated Press at 05:07PM
Friday, January 17, 2014

Broadway tries to take advantage of Super Bowl by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- With the eyes of the nation on the New York area during next month's Super Bowl, Broadway naturally wants some of that attention....

SOURCE: Associated Press at 03:02PM

'Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead' by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- Playwright Tom Stoppard's first big hit starred two unlikely heroes - a pair of insignificant characters lifted from "Hamlet."...

SOURCE: Associated Press at 09:02AM

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